Daniel Biss

Geoff Brook went on a simple errand to the hardware store just a few miles away, a trip he had made hundreds of times. But Brook, who has Alzheimer's, couldn't remember the way back to his Roscoe home, near Rockford. It would be 10 hours before he'd be reunited with his panic-stricken family. "He was so shook up. It just terrifies me to think about the fear that he was experiencing," said his wife, Jane, recalling the 2012 incident. "I can't even describe the look of relief on his face when he finally saw us." People like Geoff Brook, 71, could get help from legislation that establishes a Silver Search program, designed to give public safety...

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